rüstig
[ˈʁʏstɪç]
The verdict
“rüstig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor allem körperlich leistungsfähig
Corpus desk
Index DE-rustig · rüstig · German
rüstig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rüstig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏstɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rüstig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rüstig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁʏstɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor allem körperlich leistungsfähig".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rüstig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is rüstig, spelled R-Ü-S-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1vor allem körperlich leistungsfähig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rüstig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Polens Großmütter widerstehen erfolgreich den Versuchungen der neuen Zeit und verwandeln sich nur in seltensten Fällen in eine rüstige Seniorin nach westeuropäischem Muster.“
„Gerne hätte ich mich von Extrembergsteigern der Küstenwache retten lassen, aber dann musste ich mit ansehen, wie ein greises Pärchen an uns vorüber zu Tal schritt, rüstig und flott, mit Kraxelstöcken und völlig schwindelfrei.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.